Dear Heart
1964


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Highlights
  • Written for the 1964 Warner Bros. film Dear Heart starring Glenn Ford, Geraldine Page and Angela Lansbury.
  • The annual postmasters' convention is the setting for a love story. She is a single woman who never thought she'd be involved in an affair. He is a womanizing salesman trying to decide whether or not he wants to be engaged.
  • In the film, sung by the chorus.
  • Academy Award nomination for Best Song, 1964.
  • Golden Globe Awards nomination for Best Song in a Motion Picture, 1965.

WORDS BY RAY EVANS & JAY LIVINGSTON, MUSIC BY HENRY MANCINI
COPYRIGHT 1964


Recording History
Mitch Miller
Russ Morgan
Byron Motley
Rene Paulo
Henry Mancini his Orchestra and Chorus, Dear Heart and Other Songs About Love, RCA Victor Records, #LSP-2990
Sarah Vaughan, Sarah Vaughan Sings The Mancini Songbook, Mercury Records, #R61009
The Po' Boys
Gordon Jenkins
Lawrence Welk and his Orchestra
Wayne Johnson
Teddy Randazzo
Kitty Wells
George Feyer
The Ray Charles Singers
Andy Williams, Dear Heart, Columbia Records, #CL 2338
Eddie Fischer
George Shearing
Roger Williams
John Fox
Bobbi Martin
Nancy Wilson
John Gary
Al Martino
The LeRoy Holmes Orchestra
Sounds Orchestra
Kai Winding
Marty Gold and his Orchestra
Trini Lopez
Billy Storm
Sy Zentner
The McGuire Sisters with orchestra
Johnny Maddox
Manhattan Pops
Billy Strange
Monica Mancini
Frank Chacksfield
Mantovani and his Orchestra
Jerry Vale
Don Costa
Jack Jones
Ralph Marterie
Floyd Cramer
Hi Babit
Sammy Kaye
Harry Simone
Dan and Dale
Brenda Lee
Baja Marimba Band
Frank Sinatra
Bobby Darin
Pat Boone
Peggy Lee
Ethel Smith
Teresa Brewer
Jimmy Dean
Joanie Sommers and Laurindo Almeida, Softly, The Brazilian Sound, Warner Bros. Records, #W1575
Al Caiola and his Orchestra
Lenny Dee
The Anita Kerr Quartet, We Dig Mancini, RCA Victor Records, #LSP-3428,
Ferrante & Teicher
Chet Avery
Lyrics
Dear heart, wish you were here
To warm this night.
My dear heart, it seems like a year
Since you've been out of my sight.

A single room, a table for one
It's a lonesome town all right
But soon I'll kiss you hello
At our front door,

And dear heart, I want you to know
I'll leave your arms never more.

But soon I'll kiss you hello
At our front door.

And dear heart, I want you to know
I'll leave your arms never more.
DEAR HEART From the Warner Bros. production Dear Heart, Northridge Music Inc. and M. Witmark & Sons, 1964. Words by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, Music by Henry Mancini (Special Picture Release)